They will be looking at photographs of recycled material animal sculptures by Japanese artist Natsumi Tomita. Afterwards, they will draft a design for an insect (labeling the body parts that they have previously learned about in their classrooms).
Then they will begin to collect recycled materials that they think will be usable in their insect sculptures. I have a large collection of materials from Ruth's and I have encouraged students to keep an eye out for items they might find at home and can save from the trash (ie: bread twisty ties, plastic bottle caps, containers, foil, etc) to bring in to add to their sculpture.
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Natsumi Tomita and one of her fabulous recycled material animals. How many different objects can you recognize?
